Wire dispensing means



WIRE DISPENSING MEANS Filed Feb. 18, 1950 LMSEZ H M766@ y mit A Patented July 21, 1931,

UNITED s'rA'rss vPATENT vo r-"Fl'cli HENRY AUGUSTUS YESEY, OF FORT SMITH, I I I wlan DIsrnNsINe MEANS Application nl ed February 18, 1930. Serial No. 429,294.

tance, this beingj due to the spiral action which is encountered when wire is paid out from a coil. The present invention has been 15 designed to overcome these defects and obj ectionable characteristics of coil wire.

Objects' of the Vinvention are:`to `provide a' meansfor from largecoils without kinking and thereof to pro-` 9 vide a`. reel for coil wire havmg a 'dispensing guide whereby kinking ofthe wirefis'prevented; to provide a novel coil supporting /means equipped with guide means whereby the coil may be aid out in any direction 2 2 with perfect fr om from kinking; to'provide a reel holder in, the form of a container having self-contained guide meansfor dispensing a coil mounted within said container; and generally provide improved *3 and novel means'for 'dispensing relatiely lar e coils without danger ofA tangles and kins resulting therefrom l The accompanying drawings illustrate a practical embodiment 'of the principles of. this invention but the disclosure does not constitute a limitation upon the. scope thereof. In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a section, -partly in elevation, .through a container having a Acoil of wire supported therein and in position for dispensing through the guide means with whic the container 1s equipped. Figure 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2-2 ofFgure 1. Figure 3 i'sjavertical section 'enlarged on .'thelineS-ofFigureL In the form as shown the invention comprises a container in the form ofa casing 1()A of squared form suitableior housing a vrelatively. o'f md'whiveh is PrO- thereby-maintaining it as anopen coil, elimi-V 1M vided with a handle 1'1, one side of the casing comprising a .hinged cover 12 which is adapted to befsecured in closed position by a suitable fastener '13. Op osite the hinged wall 12, the container wal 14 has secured thereto a substantially frusto-conicalv core piece 15 which projects'laterally across the entire interior of the container and extends through and beyond the hinged wall-12'when the same is in closed' position as fully shown in Figure 1.

The wall 12 jacent end of the core 15 therethrough and, inthe form as illustrated, the projectngend of the core is covered by a funnel-shaped' hood 16 having its iared lower end rigidly secured to the body of the wall 12 by suitable fastening elements 17,' a rim iange 18 on the end of the hood cooperating with the wall 12 to clamp therebetween an annular gasket 19 of some suitable elastic material, which gasket 19 is formedA with an aperture 20, the edge of. which bears with some force downwardly against the inclined adjacent surface of the frusto-conical'guide 15. The body of the gasket 19 fills the space intervening tween the wall 12 andthe core.

The restricted neck 21 ofthe hood v16 is ,formed for connection with a iexible tubing 22 of any desired length, which cooperates with the hood 16 to forma guide through which the wire 23 is paid out froma coil 24 positioned over the core 15 in the container. In service, the hinged cover 12 is'opened is apertured to receive the adand the coil 24 seated overthe core 15, a free 85 end of the wire being passed through the friction guide aperture 20 and through the tube 22, after which the cover 12. is closed and secured by the catch 13. In this closing of the cover t inthe illustrated embodiment is the gasket- 19, is caused to bear against the`faceof the e friction guide means which '9 core 15, binding the wire 23 thereagainst'with l suiicient force to restrain the same against coiling as it is drawn out through the flexible guide 22.

" The presence of the friction guide19limparts a tension on the wire inthe hood 16,

nating any possibility of I t is within the province ofthis invention that either or all of the tube 22, hood 16 and gasket 19 may be dispensed with if desired, and the body of the cover 12 may be made to replace the gasket. Also, the core 15 may be so disposed as to project through the cover 12 or lie just beneath the same. \".-l`he container may be of open frame construction andinay be formed as a cardboard carton serving as a shipping unit if desired.

An'iniportant feature el' my invention re sides in its application to use as a means for coating wire with soapstone, which coating is a requirement prior to drawing wire through metal conduits. The soapstonemay be placed in the container with the coil so that the wire will be coated within the container.

While in this embodiment of the invention I have illustrated and described certain'structural details and materials, it is to be under- Vstood that any desired changes and modificafrom a coil when mounted on said core in the v container. l

2. Coil`4 dispensing means comprising a substantiall rectangular container, a hinged closure t ierefor, a core in said container, said port, a coil mounting member carried thereyy, said support and member having com p emental cooperating means imposing constant fi-ictional restraint on material paid out yfrom a coil on the mounting member.

6. Coil dispensing means comprising a container having a wall provided with an opening, a coil holding core in said container and in registry with said openiu and said wall having a resilient vportion a jacent its opening for yieldingly pressing against the core material passed through said'opening from the core.

7. Coil dispensing means comprising a container having a wall provided with an opening, a coil holding core in said container and having a substantially rounded orton disposed in the opening, and a resi ient lgasket on said wall and bearing against the substantially rounded portion of the core, said gasket being centrally apertured for the passage therethrough of material paid out from the core. l

Intestimony whereof I aix my signature.

HENRY AUGUSTUS'VESEY.

closure having an opening in registry with v said core, means on said closure adjacent said opening for cooperating with said core to iinpose frictional restraint on the material passed from said container through said opening, and a guide carried by said closure in registry with said-opening therein.

3. Coil dispensing means comprising a substantially rectangular, container, a. hinged closure therefor, said closure having an opening formed therein, a core in said container and extending transversely thereacross to n'o]ect through said closure opening, a flexile guard carried by said closure and surrounding the projectingportion of said core,

and a guide carried by said. closure above the Aopening provided therein.

4. Coil dispensing means comprising a substantially rectangular container having one wall thereof provided with an opening, a' core in said container having one end thereof in registry with said opening, a coil on said core with a free end extending through said opening, and means on, said container for v yieldingly pressing the coil against said core as it is drawn through said opening. v 5. Coil dispensing means comprising a sup-` iio 

